Hasp-hook.



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miao n. Paorz, or sramn, WISCONSIN.

I HAsP-Hoox.

Specication of Letters Patent. Application led May 5, 1911. Serial No.625,404.

PatentedApr. 16, 1912.

To all 'whom z't may concerti: i Be it known that I, HUGO E. Piio'rz, aciti- Izen of the United States, residing at Sparta,

in the county of Monroe and State of Wiscon'sin, have invented new anduseful Imrovements in Has Hooks, of which the ollowing is aspeci cation.

An obJect ofthe invention is to provide a j hook for attachment to aclosure and to the casing thereof, the shank of the hook beingadjustablerelatively to the casing. For the purpose mentioned, use ismade of a tubular casing having one end thereof reduced to form abearing flange and the other end flattened and apertured to constitutean attaching portion, la shank slidably mounted in the said casing andhaving a hooked end extending exteriorl of the casing, the other end ofthe shank being provided with an enlarged portion and a spring disposedin the casingv to encircle the said shank, the said s ring having oneend thereof adapted to a ut against the mentionedy bearing flange andthe other endthereof abuts against the :enlarged .portion of the shank,the said tubular casing being preferably slotted. Reference -is to behad to the accompanying drawings constituting a part of thisspecification, in which similar characters of reference denote'.correspondingparts in all the views, and in'which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my device showing thesame attached to a closure and inremovable engagement with the casing thereof. Fig. 2 1s a longitudinalsectional view. Fig. 3 isa vertical section taken on the'line 3 -3 inFig.A llooking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring more particularl to the views -Iprovide a tubular` casing 10`avin an end thereof reduced to form ajbearing ange 11\,

the other. end of the casing 10 bein flattened into a solid ortion 12provide with' an a erture 13a apted to have mounted theret rough anattachin staple 14 provided with a threaded shan for connection-toa jclosure 16. The casing 10 is., referably provided with a slot 17 forsimp ifying the for.-

mation of the casing from an integral piece of material and slidablymounted in the casing 10 is a shank 18 having ahooked portion 19extending exteriorly of the casing and lformed at one en d of the shank,the other larged flange 20. Mounted -in the casing 10 is an expansionspring 21, the said s ring being disposed between the bearing ange llandthe enlarged fiange 2O of the shank 18v and the said spring beingpositioned to encircle the shank 18. Y

In the use of my device, the same is attached to the closure 16 asheretofore mentioned and the hook 19 is adapted for engagement with aneye 22 secured to a casing 23y of the vclosure 16. By providingthespring' 21, 'ositioned in the casing 10 as mentioned, t e shank 18 willat alltimes be adjustablerelatively to the casing. 10, that is, theshanky can be pulled outwardly against the action of the spring' 'andwhen released will be returned to normal position by the expansiblepower of the spring 21; By employing the stop fiange 20'of the shank 18it will be impossible to entirely withdraw the shank from the casin v10inasmuch as the flanged'portion 11 of t e casing 10 is of nection withbarns and vhouse doors and other respective casings.`

Having thus fully described the invention,

what I claimas new, is

As an article of manufacture the combination with a tubular casin formedof an 1ntegral piece of materia having one c nd thereof flattened toform a solid portion provided with an aperture adapted to receiveanattaching member and the other end thereof reduced to form a bearingvfiange, of a shank mounted to slidably extend within the casing andterminating at one end there-r of in an enlar ed head and Aat the otherend thereof in a ook and a sprin mounted within the said casing, toencirc e the said shank,-w ith an end of the said spring abuttingagainst the said head and the other end thereof abutting against 1 thesaid bearing fiange. Y

In testimony' whereof I aiiix signature in presence of two witnesses. lHUGO .n PnoTz.. -A-Witnesses r MIoHAnLiA. S'inmox,

AnoLrH A. BEHRENDT.

